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(Case T-696/18) (*)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark AIRESANO BLACK El ibérico de Teruel - Earlier EU figurative mark JAMON DE TERUEL CONSEJO REGULADOR DE LA DENOMINACION DE ORIGEN - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2020/C 230/34)
Language of the case: Spanish
Applicant: Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Protegida ‘Jamón de Teruel/Paleta de Teruel’ (Teruel, Spain) (represented by F. Pérez Álvarez and J. Pérez Itarte, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. F. Crespo Carrillo and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Airesano Foods, SL (La Puebla de Valverde, Spain) (represented by: J. Sanmartín, lawyer)
Intervener in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: L. Aguilera Ruiz and M. J. Ruiz Sánchez, acting as Agents)
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 September 2018 (Case R 88/2018-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Protegida ‘Jamón de Teruel/Paleta de Teruel’ and Airesano Foods.
The Court:
1.Dismisses the action;
2.Orders Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Protegida ‘Jamón de Teruel/Paleta de Teruel’ to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Airesano Foods, SL;
3.Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.
(*) Language of the case: Spanish.